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Unit number: MDE
201
Unit title: Body-Based
Learning
Credit value: 3 credits
Description: This course provides an overview of contemporary theory and practice in body-based learning, an approach that recognizes that not just the mind, but the whole body, is involved in learning. Topics include: how physical movement helps the brain learn; how sensation mediates learning; how body, emotion and thought are interlinked; how movement anchors thought; an introduction to the Brain Gym system of movement exercises; stress and learning disabilities. This unit will be important to all teachers, educators, parents, workers with children and all concerned with learning at any age.
Key textbook: Hannaford, Carla. Smart Moves: Why Learning is Not All in Your Head. Alexander, NC, USA; Great Ocean Publishers, 1995.
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